A bit of long term thinking - not like me at all - got me pondering. While I'm sure that the 22bhp available to the descerning TS ER owner (when the bike was a bit younger) may have been deemed as OK by Suzuki, I cant help feeling that I'll crave a bit more horses in the future (I still wonder if RM250 or PE250 engine parts are compatible, or, indeed, if a 400 motor will slip in, but I digress) and more horses on the stock drum brake is a worry (I'm not sure it can cope with 22bhp it's so small) so, a disc braked front end then.
Trawling through some forums, I came across a list of bike's (not a complete list, but enough for investigation of some options) on Caferacer that share the TS's 36mm diamete stanchion's (it's the same list from where the idea of using Suzuki's RM Air forks that were the original plan came from - now for sale on ebay) From this list I made a list of possible options, and started saving search lists on ebay (more bloody emails!) when "bingo" a complete set of new forks and yokes from a 2006 XT125 at a reasonable price (£726 new from Yamaha - ouch) of £139. Buy now button clicked, Paypal activated, and I've got some new disc compatible forks. Another £40 later and a 2006 wheel with disc and part worn tyre are also mine.
While it's quite a chunk of cash, I was into at least £100 to get the hub and rim re-spoked, idealy the other stanchions would have been re-chromed, another £165 (although most of the pitting is outside the all important area of travel) and a tyre was need anyway (£50?) so I'm actually better off, and with better brakes, and all new parts.
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| Not the best photo I've taken, but you can at least see the new front end |
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| I really must....... |
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| tidy the garage, it's only a few months old and already a mess. |
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